Vegetable and fruit peeling device



1 H. SLETTO VEGETABLE AND FRUIT FEELING DEVICE Filed April 23, 1923 2Sheets-Shet 1 A TTORNEYS.

Oct. 2 1923.

l-LSLETTO VEGETABLE AND FRUIT FEELING DEVICE "Filed April 23 1923 2Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR M y 5457 BY%. v

- ATTORNEYS 43m c rries mv'el lzwh chi g el provided with pointedfeih'fsshown' it 56 I and 57 respectively. wTheqtqgjg h p lpiglqg@:

1}; wardeachbfihep. ii 7 I i The shafts upon Whichjhejgears. 23.11111 753 are located are held againstrotationand- Va collar :58 serIYesflt0secure, plurality 9f: paring knives 59gr'a dially disposed. relative themedium ofza-r spring 64s. ;-A s'imi'laruarm is pivoted to: the casingiridicafiedlhy th numeral 66: L

land has a, beyeL gean168 se cli red to it's I a 1iih ited* movement;-Tb;

'Atik l have sl'lown awspagdarf bmoed 'a s, shqwnjat 76Lt6wbieh standard-is'eeeugied a rods extelicl :thmugh ithe; cuivedi s'ecti'ons V as uortedig poniwe fjmlter-"ehfl pf these rods 82 a; swivel- 88' hyipg:

have Shown-an M111 havingh' p-Lurlity. 0i: paring j-knives 62; Thisaarm11's 1 pivotedat 63vand helfd inanmdjusted p0Sifiion thxipilgh V v Ivegetable being 1351;? videda p lftlraliby of'lintglined, rods 82, whieh"thgoflgh jibe Valves at V whichfair causes the Jqigh 561ml- "57 to beihfyfihaeis fidmo've the; pistonsjn aniop 'ppsitegfiirection,.thusgbringing the teeth 56:- "and 57 into cofita'ct withthe-end of theyeg eteble. The nt0r-67 is now. started which ca u ses'zrotary motion coilfae. transmitted; through the gears 68. andL69Kt0 the"Sh'a ftJ 71,;1irikk7-2i, tubular memben 36 and shaft?32'.1'This'gmoti0niis in turfi tfansmitted i035:

30 v the "gears aim ::38;'+ 39: respectively. if, V

the sh'ef-fs f. and 4&1 through'rbhe' medium bf As 'these fshajftsre'vblve, ibtary mpt ion is V V transmitted-J the gears 23fand through.to flies'hafts 25. aiidffl respegtix re'ly; with fliefl result- .thgt:the pumpkin will' 'rbt ate mike i direction bf the arrow'inFigure 2. f f

table afid at the me: time thec iibt ers 9g4givi l'l.

them igtois'etioiisf; iln zt is ca i the ee ing described lat table, asupport extending below; and abovesaid table, vegetable engaging meansthus deseribed my: mn .a 01mm e a,

supported from the extremity of said supmounted insaid ourved 'portionseach of said:

means for supportingand rotating thevege table tobe pared, afistandardpositioned adrods having a spring-knife carrier niovably' 1 l I securedto oneend thereof,- a knife mounted mounted on the free endof saidcarrier,

on each of said carriers and a cutter wheel 2. In a deviee oi thecharacter described,

jacent said vegetable holdirigQand rotating means a swinging framesecured {tof said,

" standard, curved sections formedi'on said i If frame, a pliiralityzofradially disposed rodsg 1 movablein said'curved POITtIOIISQBJ-SPHBgtv'veen each ofsaid:curvedlportions,*ajretain.

turel .coiled about .each ofs'aid rodsat'ai-pointbe-s ing pinextending'thro gh each-of said rods '5 and 'adapted,-to contact, one end'offsaid' a spring, a spring knife carrier "mounted at the free end ofieach'of said roast knife secured to said" carrier, a cutter wheelpivoted at the free end of said carrier; said out- 7 ports, means formoving said vegetable "en-f v gaging means toandfawayl from"each other,astandard mounted on said tab1e,-a-f ra1ne pivotedto said standardfsziidframe having curvedportiona a plurality of rods slidably ter- Whee1comprising afdise and "radially 'disposedaeutters secured thereto,substantially as and for the purposejspecified. f

pared, said knives being freely mounted so as with said knives for thepurposeof providing horizontal cuts around said vegetable and radially:-disposed blades; on said gutter :Wheeifor the urposeofsprovidingvertieal cuts on: the'vegtable beingpared. a jfl nt'estimony whereof, I affix my signa- Y HENRY s TT O.

3. In a device' of the eharaoterdescribed, 7' means for positioningand'rotating a vege-' table" to be paredyaiplnrality10fcutting knivesadapted to be brought into 'contact with the periphery-of .thevegetabieLbeing, 4 0 t

